Your Trainer

Sal Rabie

In 2012, Sal joined a dog obedience club with their new puppy Fawn, a spitfire Australian Cattle Dog. There they competed in obedience at county and state fairs throughout the next four years. They also worked on Fawn’s fear aggression with strangers.

In 2016, Sal joined another positive dog training school in Seattle, Washington. There they worked alongside trainers specializing in Agility, Scent Work, AKC Obedience, Obedience Rally, and Behavior Modification. They observed a wealth of knowledge and techniques, as well as working hands on with dogs having all manner of behavioral issues.

In 2018, they started a new training journey with a second Australian Cattle Dog puppy, Karuna. Around the same time Sal joined a balance training team and found their true passion working with extreme behavioral cases, and training multiple service dogs, before striking it out on their own in early 2021.

In that time, Karuna has also grown into a full time service dog, sport prospect, and training assistant. Fawn’s favorite activity is still practicing her competition obedience, and tricks, but is retired from competing.

Desk manager,

Perdis Hawkins

Perdis is our desk work extraordinaire, handling everything the trainers don’t do! When they’re not taking calls and scheduling out lessons, you can find them working with the local nonprofit Youthspeaks Seattle, bringing spoken word poetry to the youth of Seattle.